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Europe Daily Bulletin No. 10241
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GENERAL NEWS / (eu) eu/drugs

Commission calls for ban on mephedrone in EU

Brussels, 21/10/2010 (Agence Europe) - On Wednesday 20 October, the European Commission called for a dangerous ecstasy-like drug that is still legal in 12 EU countries to be banned. “Mephedrone is a dangerous drug that is available online and on the street corner. People have already died because of this drug, so I urge governments to move fast to control and criminalise it,” said EU Justice Commissioner Viviane Reding. Mephedrone has been linked to at least 37 deaths in the UK and...

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